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{{Short description|Elections to Rural Local Bodies in Andhra Pradesh in 2021}}
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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2021 Andhra Pradesh rural local bodies elections
| country = India
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = yes
| previous_election = 2014 Andhra Pradesh local elections
| previous_year = 2014
| next_election = 2026 Andhra Pradesh local elections
| next_year = 2026
| election_date = Gram Panchayat - 9–21 February 2021
| seats_for_election =
| turnout =
| party1 = YSR Congress Party
| party2 = Telugu Desam Party
| party3 = Jana Sena Party
| party4 = Bharatiya Janata Party
| party5 = Indian National Congress
| party6 = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
}}Elections to [[Local government in India|Local bodies]] in [[Andhra Pradesh]] are being held in four phases in rural areas (panchayats) in February 2021 viz. 9 February 2021, 13 February 2021, 17 February 2021 and 21 February 2021 covering 13 districts.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Desk|first=India com News|date=2021-02-08|title=Andhra Pradesh Panchayat Elections First Phase on Tuesday, Polling to Begin at 6.30 AM|url=https://www.india.com/news/india/andhra-pradesh-panchayat-elections-first-phase-on-tuesday-polling-to-begin-at-6-30-am-4407037/|access-date=2021-02-09|website=India News, Breaking News {{!}} India.com|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-02-09|title=Andhra Pradesh Gram Panchayat elections underway; check Phase 1 poll districts|url=https://zeenews.india.com/india/andhra-pradesh-gram-panchayat-elections-underway-check-phase-1-poll-districts-2340661.html|access-date=2021-02-09|website=Zee News|language=en}}</ref> In the first phase, 29,732 polling stations were set up.<ref>{{Cite news|title=First phase of AP panchayat elections sees 82% voter turnout|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/newnation/first-phase-of-ap-panchayat-elections-sees-82-voter-turnout/articleshow/80771305.cms|access-date=2021-02-10}}</ref>

Urban local body elections to 12 [[Municipal corporation (India)|municipal corporations]] and 75 [[Municipal council (India)|municipal]] and [[Nagar panchayat|town]] councils will be held on March 10, with a possible second round on March 13.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra-pradesh/2021/feb/15/andhra-pradesh-municipal-polls-to-be-held-on-march-10-counting-on-march-14-2264275.html|title=Andhra Pradesh municipal polls to be held on March 10, counting on March 14|work=[[The New Indian Express]]|date=15 February 2021|access-date=15 February 2021}}</ref>

Elections in the state to [[District council (India)|district]] and [[Panchayat samiti|township]] panchayats will be scheduled at a later date.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/andhra-gram-panchayat-elections-be-held-february-2021-137850|title=Andhra Gram Panchayat elections to be held in February 2021|website=[[The News Minute]]|date=18 November 2020|access-date=10 February 2021}}</ref>

== Background ==

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== Gram Panchayat elections ==

=== Election schedule ===

==== Phase 1 ====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Local Body Election Event
!Date
|-
|Election Date Announcement
|29 January 2021
|-
|Last Date for Filling Nominations
|31 January 2021
|-
|Scrutiny
|1 February 2021
|-
|Withdrawal Last Date
|4 February 2021
|-
|Voting
|9 February 2021
|-
|Results
|10 February 2021 (Total)
|}

==== Phase 2 ====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Local Body Election Event
!Date
|-
|Election Date Announcement
|2 February 2021
|-
|Last Date for Filling Nominations
|4 February 2021
|-
|Scrutiny
|5 February 2021
|-
|Withdrawal Last Date
|8 February 2021
|-
|Voting
|13 February 2021
|-
|Results
|14 February 2021 (Total)
|}

==== Phase 3 ====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Local Body Election Event
!Date
|-
|Election Date Announcement
|6 February 2021
|-
|Last Date for Filling Nominations
|8 February 2021
|-
|Scrutiny
|9 February 2021
|-
|Withdrawal Last Date
|12 February 2021
|-
|Voting
|17 February 2021
|-
|Results
|{{TBA}}
|}

==== Phase 4 ====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Local Body Election Event
!Date
|-
|Election Date Announcement
|10 February 2021
|-
|Last Date for Filling Nominations
|12 February 2021
|-
|Scrutiny
|13 February 2021
|-
|Withdrawal Last Date
|16 February 2021
|-
|Voting
|21 February 2021
|-
|Results
|{{TBA}}
|}

=== Elections held ===

==== Phase 1 ====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!District
!No. of Grama Panchayatis
!No. of Wards
!Voting Turnout
|-
|[[Anantapur district|Anantapuramu]]
|169
|1715
|
|-
|[[Chittoor district|Chittoor]]
|454
|4142
|79.33%
|-
|[[East Godavari]]
|366
|4100
|82.81%
|-
|[[Guntur district|Guntur]]
|337
|3442
|
|-
|[[Kadapa district|Kadapa]]
|206
|2068
|
|-
|[[Krishna district|Krishna]]
|234
|2502
|86.06%
|-
|[[Kurnool district|Kurnool]]
|193
|1922
|
|-
|[[Nellore district|Nellore]]
|163
|1566
|
|-
|[[Prakasam district|Prakasam]]
|229
|2344
|
|-
|[[Srikakulam district|Srikakulam]]
|319
|2920
|75.77%
|-
|[[Visakhapatnam district|Visakhapatnam]]
|340
|3250
|84.23%
|-
|[[Vizianagaram district|Vizianagaram]]
|0
|0
|No election held
|-
|[[West Godavari district|West Godavari]]
|239
|2552
|80.29%
|-
!Total
!3249
!32502
!81.78%
|}

==== Phase 2 ====
In the second phase, 539 sarpanch seats have been unanimously won, So, there is no election in those grama panchayatis. The elections were held in 18 revenue divisions and 167 mandals.
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!District
!No. of Grama Panchayatis
!No. of Wards
!Voting Turnout
|-
|[[Anantapur district|Anantapuramu]]
|310
|
|84.65%
|-
|[[Chittoor district|Chittoor]]
|276
|
|77.20%
|-
|[[East Godavari]]
|247
|
|
|-
|[[Guntur district|Guntur]]
|236
|
|85.51%
|-
|[[Kadapa district|Kadapa]]
|175
|
|80.47%
|-
|[[Krishna district|Krishna]]
|211
|
|84.12%
|-
|[[Kurnool district|Kurnool]]
|240
|
|80.76%
|-
|[[Nellore district|Nellore]]
|194
|
|78.04%
|-
|[[Prakasam district|Prakasam]]
|277
|
|86.93%
|-
|[[Srikakulam district|Srikakulam]]
|278
|
|
|-
|[[Visakhapatnam district|Visakhapatnam]]
|261
|
|
|-
|[[Vizianagaram district|Vizianagaram]]
|415
|
|
|-
|[[West Godavari district|West Godavari]]
|210
|
|81.75%
|-
!Total
!3328
!20
!81.61%
|}

=== Election results ===

==== District-wise ====

===== Anantapuramu =====
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! rowspan="3" |Party
! colspan="4" |Phase (Sarpanch only)
|-
!1
!2
!3
!4
|-
!Seats
won
!Seats
won
!Seats
won
!Seats
won
|-
|[[YSR Congress Party|Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party]]
|145
|247
|302
|156
|-
|[[Telugu Desam Party]]
|22
|54
|74
|26
|-
|[[Jana Sena Party]]
|
|
|
|
|-
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|
|
|
|-
|Independents + Others
|
|
|
|
|}

===== Chittoor =====
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! rowspan="3" |Party
! colspan="4" |Phase (Sarpanch only)
|-
!1
!2
!3
!4
|-
!Seats
won
!Seats
won
!Seats
won
!Seats
won
|-
|[[YSR Congress Party|Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party]]
|362
|232
|237
|330
|-
|[[Telugu Desam Party]]
|81
|39
|26
|57
|-
|[[Jana Sena Party]]
|
|
|
|
|-
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|
|
|
|-
|Independents + Others
|
|
|
|
|}

===== East Godavari =====
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! rowspan="3" |Party
! colspan="4" |Phase (Sarpanch only)
|-
!1
!2
!3
!4
|-
!Seats
won
!Seats
won
!Seats
won
!Seats
won
|-
|[[YSR Congress Party|Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party]]
|308
|187
|141
|169
|-
|[[Telugu Desam Party]]
|36
|24
|26
|57
|-
|[[Jana Sena Party]]
|
|
|
|
|-
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|
|
|
|-
|Independents + Others
|
|
|
|
|}

===== Guntur =====
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! rowspan="3" |Party
! colspan="4" |Phase (Sarpanch only)
|-
!1
!2
!3
!4
|-
!Seats
won
!Seats
won
!Seats
won
!Seats
won
|-
|[[YSR Congress Party|Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party]]
|263
|188
|130
|189
|-
|[[Telugu Desam Party]]
|62
|44
|3
|68
|-
|[[Jana Sena Party]]
|
|
|
|
|-
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|
|
|
|-
|Independents + Others
|
|
|
|
|}

===== Kadapa =====
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! rowspan="3" |Party
! colspan="4" |Phase (Sarpanch only)
|-
!1
!2
!3
!4
|-
!Seats
won
!Seats
won
!Seats
won
!Seats
won
|-
|[[YSR Congress Party|Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party]]
|179
|154
|164
|210
|-
|[[Telugu Desam Party]]
|25
|19
|23
|0
|-
|[[Jana Sena Party]]
|
|
|
|
|-
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|
|
|
|-
|Independents + Others
|
|
|
|
|}

===== Krishna =====
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! rowspan="3" |Party
! colspan="4" |Phase (Sarpanch only)
|-
!1
!2
!3
!4
|-
!Seats
won
!Seats
won
!Seats
won
!Seats
won
|-
|[[YSR Congress Party|Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party]]
|100
|148
|159
|222
|-
|[[Telugu Desam Party]]
|127
|36
|48
|56
|-
|[[Jana Sena Party]]
|
|
|
|
|-
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|
|
|
|-
|Independents + Others
|
|
|
|
|}

===== Kurnool =====
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! rowspan="3" |Party
! colspan="4" |Phase (Sarpanch only)
|-
!1
!2
!3
!4
|-
!Seats
won
!Seats
won
!Seats
won
!Seats
won
|-
|[[YSR Congress Party|Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party]]
|160
|184
|189
|233
|-
|[[Telugu Desam Party]]
|33
|41
|50
|50
|-
|[[Jana Sena Party]]
|
|
|
|
|-
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|
|
|
|-
|Independents + Others
|
|
|
|
|}

===== Nellore =====
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! rowspan="3" |Party
! colspan="4" |Phase (Sarpanch only)
|-
!1
!2
!3
!4
|-
!Seats
won
!Seats
won
!Seats
won
!Seats
won
|-
|[[YSR Congress Party|Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party]]
|137
|162
|280
|210
|-
|[[Telugu Desam Party]]
|23
|27
|57
|22
|-
|[[Jana Sena Party]]
|
|
|
|
|-
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|
|
|
|-
|Independents + Others
|
|
|
|
|}

===== Prakasam =====
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! rowspan="3" |Party
! colspan="4" |Phase (Sarpanch only)
|-
!1
!2
!3
!4
|-
!Seats
won
!Seats
won
!Seats
won
!Seats
won
|-
|[[YSR Congress Party|Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party]]
|177
|238
|251
|181
|-
|[[Telugu Desam Party]]
|46
|37
|47
|25
|-
|[[Jana Sena Party]]
|
|
|
|
|-
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|
|
|
|-
|Independents + Others
|
|
|
|
|}

===== Srikakulam =====
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! rowspan="3" |Party
! colspan="4" |Phase (Sarpanch only)
|-
!1
!2
!3
!4
|-
!Seats
won
!Seats
won
!Seats
won
!Seats
won
|-
|[[YSR Congress Party|Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party]]
|267
|244
|234
|216
|-
|[[Telugu Desam Party]]
|50
|29
|54
|54
|-
|[[Jana Sena Party]]
|
|
|
|
|-
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|
|
|
|-
|Independents + Others
|
|
|
|
|}

===== Visakhapatnam =====
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! rowspan="3" |Party
! colspan="4" |Phase (Sarpanch only)
|-
!1
!2
!3
!4
|-
!Seats
won
!Seats
won
!Seats
won
!Seats
won
|-
|[[YSR Congress Party|Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party]]
|275
|194
|180
|90
|-
|[[Telugu Desam Party]]
|56
|59
|46
|23
|-
|[[Jana Sena Party]]
|
|
|
|
|-
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|
|
|
|-
|Independents + Others
|
|
|
|
|}

===== Vizianagaram =====
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! rowspan="3" |Party
! colspan="4" |Phase (Sarpanch only)
|-
!1
!2
!3
!4
|-
!Seats
won
!Seats
won
!Seats
won
!Seats
won
|-
|[[YSR Congress Party|Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party]]
| rowspan="5" |No election
held
|315
|208
|245
|-
|[[Telugu Desam Party]]
|74
|36
|48
|-
|[[Jana Sena Party]]
|
|
|
|-
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|
|
|-
|Independents + Others
|
|
|
|}

===== West Godavari =====
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! rowspan="3" |Party
! colspan="4" |Phase (Sarpanch only)
|-
!1
!2
!3
!4
|-
!Seats
won
!Seats
won
!Seats
won
!Seats
won
|-
|[[YSR Congress Party|Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party]]
|173
|161
|129
|194
|-
|[[Telugu Desam Party]]
|35
|39
|36
|58
|-
|[[Jana Sena Party]]
|
|
|
|
|-
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|
|
|
|-
|Independents + Others
|
|
|
|
|}

==== Overall ====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! colspan="2" rowspan="3" | Party
! rowspan="3" |Symbol
! colspan="6" |Seats won
|-
! colspan="5" |Sarpanch
! rowspan="2" |Ward
(Total)
|-
!Phase 1
!Phase 2
!Phase 3
!Phase 4
!Total
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|YSR Congress Party}}" |
|[[YSR Congress Party|Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party]]
|[[File:Indian_Election_Symbol_Ceiling_Fan.svg|50px]]
|2640
|2654
|2604
|2638
|10536
|
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Telugu Desam Party}}" |
|[[Telugu Desam Party]] + [[Communist Party of India]]
|[[File:Indian_Election_Symbol_Cycle.png|55px]]
|510
|534
|527
|528
|2099
|
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Jana Sena Party}}" |
|[[Jana Sena Party]]<ref>Jana Sena Party and Bharatiya Janata Party are part of National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and contested the polls jointly.</ref>
|[[File:Indian_election_symbol_glass_tumbler.svg|50px]]
|
|
|
|
|137
|
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<ref>Jana Sena Party and Bharatiya Janata Party are part of National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and contested the polls jointly.</ref>
|[[File:BJP election symbol.png|50px]]
|
|
|
|
|81
|
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|[[Indian National Congress|Indian National Congress Party]]
|
|
|
|
|
|2
|
|-
|{{TBA|-}}
|Independents + Others
|{{no change}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|}

== MPTC elections ==

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== ZPTC elections ==

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== References ==
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== External links ==

*[https://sec.ap.gov.in/Doc21/GramPanchayats_Election_Schedule.pdf Four phase Grama Panchayati election schedule]{{Dead link|date=January 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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